Spring+Meeting+-+April+14,+2012

April 14, 2012 Central PA Chapter Spring Meeting at Lycoming College, organized by Len Cagle.

Registration material is available here as a PDF or a DOCX. If you are not able to open either file, please contact lauren.jannotta@gmail.com. ** Program **


 * Friday, April 13 **

4:00-7:30 pm Lycoming College //Stammtisch// and Dinner with AATG members

Bullfrog Brewery, 229 West Fourth Street, Williamsport ( [] __ ) __

The dinner at the Bullfrog Brewery on Friday night is not covered in the registration fee. If you plan to attend, please e-mail Len Cagle (cagle@lycoming.edu) so you can be included in the reservation.

7:30 pm Lycoming College Jazz Ensemble (optional)

Lycoming College Honors Hall, East Fourth Street (at the southeastern corner of the campus)


 * Saturday, April 14 **

9:00-9:30 am Registration, coffee and refreshments

Jane Schultz Room, Wertz Student Center

9:30-10:00 am Session 1: May Term Courses in Germany for Non-Majors

Len Cagle, Lycoming College

Study abroad can and should be seen as a kind of community building exercise, one that strengthens the German community on campus. Short-term experiences in Germany for non-German majors increase the population of German-interested parties in the campus community. The goal of the presentation is to encourage short-term travel opportunities in the interest of community building.

10:00-10:30 am Session 2: Intermediate German in 6 weeks? The Harvard Summer Program in Munich

Thomas Herold, Montclair State University

This presentation gives an overview over the Harvard Study Abroad program in Munich. It describes the curriculum and the changes it underwent within the last 9 years and discusses its strengths and shortcomings. It also addresses the question as to whether study abroad programs can provide a full immersion experience and contrasts the Munich program with programs like the Middlebury Summer School.

10:30-11:00 am Session 3: Kutztown University's Summer Study Program in Southern Germany and Austria

Greg Hanson, Kutztown University

This presentation will showcase KU's interdisciplinary summer study program in Munich and Telfes, Austria. The program attracts students of German, History and Psychology and offers them unique exposure to both urban and alpine settings.

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15 am-noon Central PA-AATG Business Meeting

Noon-1:00 pm Lunch

Jane Schultz Room

1:00-1:45 pm Keynote Address: Thinking Creatively About Study Abroad Steve Moff, Pennsylvania College of Technology Steve Moff, Associate Professor of Business at [|Pennsylvania College of Technology] and Guest lecturer at FH-Würzburg, has established several exchange programs in Germany and Austria with very little financial or other support from his administration. He will discuss his experiences founding and maintaining relationships with partner institutions, as well as the ways in which these relationships connect to and enrich other programs and departments.

1:45-2:15 Session 4: Student Travel via EF Tours: One Teacher's Experience Tom Neuschafer, Jersey Shore High School The purpose of this brief presentation is to provide an overview of the instructor's experience with travel abroad via EF Tours (one of the larger student tour companies). After objectively discussing all aspects of using the company, those in attendance will be encouraged to discuss their experiences with other tour companies and/or ask for answers to questions not originally addressed. It is the hope of the presenter that those who have not yet traveled abroad with a tour company will see how reasonable such travel can be for any teacher.

2:15-2:45 pm Session 5: Zurück zu Hause – auch ein "Kulturschock"?

Susanne Nimmrichter, Millersville University

Sind die Unterschiede zwischen dem Leben in Deutschland und in den USA so groß, dass unsere Deutschlernenden einen "Kulturschock" erleben, wenn sie zum ersten Mal zwischen Deutschland und den USA unterwegs sind? In Deutschland oder erst nach der Rückkehr? Anhand von Material aus dem Buch 'Maximizing Study Abroad' (CARLA, 2009) besprechen wir dieses Thema und die Frage, wie wir die Lernenden auf entsprechende Erfahrungen vorbereiten können.

2:45-3:15 pm Session 6: Panel of Student Returnees